Thursday, February 18, 2016

Vive la France!

It's time to start showing you more stuff from the various new things we have in the pipeline. We are not a one-project-at-a-time company any more, there are several new cool things under development in our labs now!

Euro Truck Simulator 2 map team is hard at work on a new major DLC expansion for the game. We are expanding the little bit of France we have in the game now to cover the whole country. This also includes a lot of touches to the existing areas (total overhaul of Paris region for example). The changed parts of the world will of course still be accessible in the base game, even if they are upgraded visually.

Here is a couple of appetizer images from a more rural part of the world. It's work in progress still (you will notice some placeholders for new trees and shrubs in some of the shots).

350 comments:

SCS Software message: please stay true to the topic of the discussion and refrain from offensive language, don't post anything you won't like to show to your child, parents, wives... ;) Truck Simulators are rated 3+, and we would like to keep things family-friendly across our communication channels. We consider this blog our main communication channel and many team members are using it as source to receive constructive criticism or appreciation. All comments that could be considered offensive will be moderated. Thank you for your understanding. SCS Software

Something I was waiting for...Some people down here are extremely, well, I could use their words to describe them ;)

Oh and France looks really nice and those rather narrow village areas are very well done.Although I'm a very active ATS player right now and I guess I'll spend more time on playing ATS, I'll definetely buy this!

Thank you for your great games (since 18 WoS)and stay an awesome company :)

Very nice work on the France expansion, really looking forward to exploring this! I would like to see the 'dashed line' that separates the Hard Shoulder on France's Motorways, like they do in Reality ;)! It would have that more authentic look and feel I think.

I completely agree about keeping comments on here family friendly - People need to think about who else could be reading the blog, i.e. the Trucking industry and SCS Software who are hard at work, delivering to us the best they possibly can need all the help they can get, and it wouldn't look that good if they saw petty bickering and negative criticism on here!

This is after all a company blog which is part of an important professional image that a company like SCS has to convey to be taken seriously.

The working group scs, it's like a rock band, bands sincerely receive everything from profanity to tomates..AND behind, who continue to feel part and want to play in the band.But it comes to rock, not picanterías or ballad ..Anyway think that good work is appreciated .. what is objectionable only to leave the simulator eurocoach, that was heresy to muchos..gretings..su counselor, friend, spyware and accomplice.

I'm glad SCS is using the forum as a communications channel because I was starting to think that the only people you listened to are the YouTube content creators like Squirrel and Streamers on Twitch. We ordinary folks have some good ideas too but it was like the only voices that could be heard were those guys. Never lose sight of the fact that even though these guys have a loud voice in the community, they would be nothing without the fans of SCS games, namely us, the players. Those content creators are but a few in the grand scheme of things but we sustain them, if it wasn't for the ordinary player, those guys would not be able to do what they do. Keep up the good work SCS and I'm looking forward to the France DLC and am waiting to see how the TSM and ProMods incorporate the SCS DLC into their maps, because both of those groups have done France in one way of another. :-)

That's why they created World of Trucks, so they can have both games under the same 'umbrella'. They have repeatedly said that they will continue to improve both games. They also said that one of the reasons they made the ATS game so similar to ETS is so they can implement changes to the gameplay or the game engine to both games simultaneously. One of the few things that's different about the two games is the map and replacing speed cameras with cop cars. The hope is that with the money they're making on the ATS game SCS can hire more people to work on the maps for both games at the same time. I'm probably not alone in this but I play both games. I play for a while on ETS and then I go onto ATS, it's a smooth transition. On weekends, I'll play ATS for a whole day on on Saturday and play ETS on a Sunday, that way I always keep in touch with both games.

Hello SCS, may I request that you add some more achievements to American and Euro truck simulator on Steam please (can't be that hard right?). These really keep a lot of people playing when maybe you are a little bored and are a good reward for hard work. Thank you.

It's going to be difficult for them to put in any achievements related to maps, like discover 100% of the map because the map won't be finished for years, especially if they are true to their word and include Canada due to ATS not being just United States Truck Simulator, but in effect, it is American (North)(South) Truck Simulator.

It looks like some people doesn't know how many countries are part of europe. It's also sad how some people thinks that portugal and spain are not needed but an expansion of France is awesome. SCS Software, in my point of view, is underestimate Portuguese and Spanish gamers who bought the game.

I think SCS said something about pricing the DLC's based on the size of the area they include. So this France DLC might be cheaper than Scandinavia. Of course I'd like to have all the countries of Europe too but I rather have them bit by bit as soon as they're finished rather than wait 2 years for a huge 40€ DLC.

Players who use TSM have been driving around Spain and Portugal for a little over a year now. I've seen how much better the ProMods map of Scandinavia has been as they melded the Scandinavian DLC with their map mod. The same will be true for France and TSM. TSM has the whole of France and will incorporate the DLC of France when it is finished.

Looks great, but this request isn't related to the map. is it possible to add voice and sounds to the current sat nav?. for example telling us to take the next left etc etc, and for a beep or some sort of warning sound to inform you of an approaching speed camera and a speed change etc?.

Something similar to Train Simulator, where there is a flashing yellow light to tell you of an approaching speed limit change, only it can be put into the route advisor or the GPS on the dashboard and maybe a warning beep telling you to look at your route advisor. In ATS the speed limit changes too fast and lack of speed limit signs and exacerbated by the fact that there are too many police cars in the game makes it frustrating.

It's probably a long shot but a overhaul of the entire ETS2 map would be amazing but I'd imagine that would take a heck of a long time.If SCS make it to the East Coast in ATS though we'll probably start asking they to update the West Coast to the standard of the new DLC.

Request for You SCS Software, a global reconstruction of the ETS2 game cards, namely those countries that initially you put in the game: France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, etc. Since you are not all things made on the card, and in comparison with IT, ЕТЅ2 look pathetic. And with this ETS2 has become less interesting and boring!!! Hunting to ETS2 attracted, by its beauty. You have to do a global reconstruction of the map, and that the cities were identical to the real prototypes, and such dimensions as in the ATS.

I am thinking about it too, even I am french myself. But things have to come step by step, next step to come is France, the next step after it should be Italy and greece where I would like to drive :) Whatever they do, truck(/coach) sim world is growing well and it's good for us :)

I know it's not the same as having an SCS map but TSM have done a really good job mapping the whole of Italy. They even have Aeroporto Roma connected to an airport in Cairo so you can have your truck transported by jet from Roma to Cairo in Egypt and return if necessary. I just started my current job from Alexandria to Evora in Portugal and got my Scania put on a plane in Cairo and got off at Roma to drive the rest of the way.

That's a really good news about expanding France and also enhancing visuals of existing parts of the country , and am glad that you still support ETS2 after the release of ATS , will definitely buy this DLC and once ATS's map large enough ,my hands will be on us trucks! :)

Oh! This is awesome. Can actually feel the rural side of things. Glad France is finally being added into the game to fill the whole of France.

The thing people forget when whining is that you shall also get your Spain & Portugal side, just that it takes time. Quality & art takes time, and I'm happy it took them this long to do France with an overhaul + whole of France. People being greedy.

If we're being greedy, then it be awesome if they go back to do Slovakia, Bratislava to make use of that 'UFO Bridge (Most SNP) so we can drive on that bridge & deliver food goods into the main historical area of town.

Thanks SCS! You guys doing awesome, even if these people are being ungrateful people :P

You would NEVER get a truck as big as those in ETS2 on the streets in the historical old town. Am disappointed that the UK motorways (highways) are not strictly correct. Most major European arteries gradually filter traffic on and off but they have those in the UK narrowing down to 1 lane, forcing the 'driver' to adopt violent tactics to stay on track. The M1, for example, is 3 lanes in each direction for most of its run through England, yet ETS2 drops it down to 2 lanes and 1 land when passing a junction. Other than that, am enjoying it.

Good news! im playing ATS and its good, but i really miss my ETS2, i know ATS its all good and fresh new models etc... but i miss so much my Euro Trucks, i growup seeing Scania, Volvo, Iveco, MB, this is TRUCK for me, this is the way. Ty SCS.

As a Yank who uses ETS2 as a form of tourism, I would LOVE to visit an expanded and detailed France. I am thoroughly enjoying the Scandinavia DLC and am not extremely excited for my own version of Tour de France.

It is hard to stay true to the topic of the discussion. If you don't write posts about rigid trucks, tandems, how can we noted that we want that? Do we always have to only write about the entry or can we write about what we want in the game? If it is only to be writing about the posts, how you'll find out what they really want?

"We consider this blog our main communication channel and many team members are using it as source to receive constructive criticism or appreciation."In that case, probably better nothing at all to write. It was to be constructive criticism, and it looks like that is to be commended. About uncomfortable topics you can only write on the forum, because fewer people are reading them. This does not sound a bit like censorship?

I found some of the scenery in ATS to be better than ETS2. Makes sense as ATS is a newer game but will you guys be trying to bring ETS2s graphics up to match a little? (ATS is great but I still prefer ETS2 to ATS)

scs can you make the trailers from ATS a little bit longer they don't see like the proper size ETS2 trailers they look longer and one more thing we cannot see the trailer from inside the cab whit the side mirrors fix this and when backing up the trailer it slides like if is on ice fix this to scs

Dear SCS, I'm your fan since ETS1. In ETS2,I've been driving hundred of hours, and I think that you just don't listen players. We ask, and ask, and ask, and all you give us is updates that in most cases are not what we want. We want detailed roads, cities, more assets, better physics, tandem trailers, we don't want just to sit in truck and drive through boring Germany for hours. Going east DLC and Scandinavia are great..but if I start in Milano, I can't wait to come in Denmark to see something better than rest of map.DOn't bother with stupid updates you give us, do something useful, SCS. France DLC? You shouldn't even think about release without Spain and Portugal, why do you even bother with that? You should better rebuild basic map and do something about directx.You are waisting your potential and potential of basic map. Greettings from your fan.

I agree that I'd like to see an update to the original map, however...

It wouldn't make economic sense to do so. The point of the two map DLC's are that they are an improvement; something different and fun to explore (both are undoubtedly better than the original map). If SCS were to update the original map, we'd have nothing to look forward to. It would just be another map expansion, more of the same. In my opinion, Going East was better than the original, and Scandinavia better than Going East, and this proves that they are definitely improving their detailing and map design, so I would certainly buy another new map DLC.

I do hope to either have this DLC for free as a simples map expansion & refurbish, or either delay the launch to have the time to produce the whole Iberic peninsula & Italy. We have been present and patient supporters of the game since these countries were on the very first Euro Truck Simulator, and have been disappointingly waiting for this to happen in ETS2. Of course we like to see a game that we paid for getting bigger and better, but it always hurts to see that update after update, we are still waiting, while then new ATS, ETS2's trucks, cargoes, paintjobs, and countries/cities are getting expanded... and we will keep waiting for this to happen... if ever. And then some people say: "Patience, and step by step"... Fellas, in a couple of years time, ETS2 engine and gfx will become old and obsolete, and you'll be thinking of ETS3 or something - so expanding it won't be an option by that time. We are seriously tired of waiting. In short, I haven't bought Scandinavia because of the absurd price practised, even now a year or so after. And I sure love ETS2, but I refuse to pay for content of a country i rightfully own since the day i bought it, and only one country, leaving as always the Iberic Peninsula and Italy behind. It's just not fair, and not a correct way to act towards your western europe fans.

Hey guys maybe is time to vary a bit on the roads, you know everything is too flat and that gets boring, think about adding some bumps or some more dirt roads, you know just to challenge our driving skills a bit!

Cool that you guys expanding europe in ETS 2 but I personally hope that you will tweak/upgrade/add new features new things to game engine and make it better. For example I am waiting for upgraded parking something like in ATS where there will be more challenges in parking. Maybe random placed objects and moving ones like forklifts! :DVisual unloading and loading of trailers that could be bought or given to us by our company that we work for as a driver. I work at warehouse of big company CC ;) and I see how stuff is going on around loading and unloading of trucks. What I want to see is more complex task and stuff around trucking not only go from A to B and repeat. Cheers!

I'm really glad that such as me, you have A LOT of comments of fans asking for the same, SCS: Italy, Portugal and Spain. I really do hope you hear all of us in a near future - not at the game's life ending.

Improve the freaking truck wheel rotation! In many other games you could a car wheel turn more degrees. I do not care if Logitech players are permanently stucked to 900 degrees rotation, so I need too right?Its really bad when somebody seeing ATS/ETS for first game, and keep asking how i can play this game

Actually you anounced it when you introduce the Renault Range T truck. Under that picture there was a sentence: Renault Range T spotted somewhere in south of France.And that background is new and SCS styled.Now you just confirmed it~Yeah we can always notice your little details~LOL :)

No, it is not free. They stated that without DLC you'll still get some visual changes throughout the game, so no. After all, their map expansion DLCs weren't free before. Considering this isn't an early access game, but a pretty old game in fact, it makes sense. I just hope they will expand the map further into Europe (like Balkans area, the major trucking route heading towards Turkey and Middle East, like Serbia, Bulgaria, Greece...), or Spain, maybe western parts of Russia... Just for some variety. Central Europe plus UK became a bit boring.

I think that the DLC (if paid) could have France at this time, but Italy,Spain and Portugal should be free update at release date (like Arizona to ATS). It could be Going West! DLC :)Currently full teritory of France was built by Promods team. There's currently no accurate map of Southern Italy, Spain and Portugal (TSM isn't much accurate).

ProMods France is not covering all the territory. ~33% has not been made currently. And to be honest those first pics of France by SCS renders much better the atmosphere you have in France than ProMods made.

Let's see what SCS is cooking for the rest of my country. Keep up the good work.

Subscribe To

Content License

"Work In Progress" denotes the non-final state of content depicted, and such media are for illustrative purposes only. SCS Software retains the right to modify game content at its discretion.

All brand names, trademarks, registered marks, logos, and symbols on vehicles in the game are property of their rightful owners. Used with kind permission.

International® and all International Truck trademarks are trademarks licensed by INTERNATIONAL TRUCK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMPANY, LLC.The MAN® trademarks and designs are registered rights of MAN Truck & Bus AG and are used under license to SCS Software s.r.o."Mercedes-Benz" and "Three pointed star in a ring" are trademarks of Daimler AG and used under license by SCS Software s.r.o.The RENAULT trademarks and designs are registered rights of or licensed to the AB Volvo Group and are used pursuant to a license.The VOLVO trademarks (word and device), other related trademarks, if applicable, and the Volvo designs are licensed by the AB Volvo Group.